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islands, the number of the rivers and their magnitude 

 are certainly astonishing. The largest river in Viti 

 Levu is the Bewa — the Wai Levu (Great Elver) 

 of the Pijians. It is formed by the junction of the 

 Wai ni Buka and the Wai ni Mala, and afterwards 

 receives on the right bank the Wai Dina and the Wai 

 Manu. At 25 miles from its mouth it is about 200 

 yards in breadth, and at its ordinary height has a 

 volume of water nearly equal to that of the Tay at 

 Perth. 



The Navua river is the next in size, up which 

 vessels drawing over 6 feet of water can go for 15 

 miles. The next is the Siga Toka, which is perhaps 

 the longest river in Fiji. Unfortunately there is a 

 bar at the mouth of this river which makes it 

 dangerous to enter from the sea, but inside there is 

 deep water. The Ba river is the next in size. It 

 is also navigable for several miles from the sea. Then 

 follows the Wai Delice, up which boats with about 

 10 tons of cargo can go for 17 miles. Besides 

 these, there are a great number of smaller rivers, the 

 most of which are navigable for several miles 

 inland. 



Branches of the Uewa. — The Wai ni Buka rises 

 in the mountains that border the northern or Baki- 

 Baki coast of Viti Levu, on the western side of Viti 

 Levu bay, and flows in a south-easterly direction to 

 its junction with the Wai ni Mala. In its entire 

 length it runs parallel to the eastern coast, from 

 which it is separated by a range of high wooded 

 mountains. The Wai ni Soga, one of the branches 

 of the Wai ni Mala, rises in the same mountain 

 range as the Wai ni Buka, and flows in a south- 

 easterly direction to na Babuca, where it is joined by 



